Articles of neckwear



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ARTICLES OF NEckwEAR Fi'led May 4, 1966 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR JEJSEPH W L555 H TTOPNE Y5 United States Patent 3,360,800 ARTICLES 0F NECKWEAR Joseph W. Less, One-in-Hand Tie C0,, P.0. Box 449, Clinton, Iowa 52732 Filed May 4, 1966, Ser. No. 547,600 16 Claims. (Cl. 2145) This invention relates to neckties equipped with tie anchors operative to retain the tie adjacent the Wearers shirt front while allowing the tie to move upwardly and downwardly relative to the shirt front in accordance with movement of the wearers body. The invention also embraces tie anchors for such neckties. Though also useful in connection with conventional neckwear, the invention is particularly applicable to tailless ties equipped with such tie anchors.

Tie clasps, tie tacks, and tie anchors of many kinds have been proposed by prior-art workers for holding the dependent portion of the tie adjacent the wearers shirt front. However, such prior art devices have been so constructed that the tie is either so securely attached to the shirt front that there is no significant freedoorn of relative vertical movement between the tie and the shirt front, or that the tie is too loosely retained. There has been a continuing need for improvement in such devices, both to attain the desired freedom of relative vertical movement while providing adequate constraint of the tie, and to devise a product of this type which can be produced at less expense than has heretofore been involved. It is accordingly a general object of the invention to provide neckwear which will satisfy this demand.

Another object is to devise an improved, highly simplified and inexpensive tie anchor which will both adequately restrain the tie and yet allow such substantial freedom of relative vertical movement between the tie and the shirt front as will adequately accommodate the wearers body movements without undue tensioning of the tie.

A further object is to provide a tie anchor particularly adapted for attachment in simple fashion to a tailless tie.

Yet another object is to provide a tie anchor which lies completely hidden behind the tie body when worn.

A still further object is to devise such a tie anchor which can be permanently attached to the tie and will not detract from the appearance thereof.

In order that the manner in which the foregoing and other objects are attained in accordance with the invention can be understood in detail, particularly advantageous embodiments thereof will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and wherein:

FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of an article of neckwear, as worn, with part of the body portion of the necktie thereof shown in phantom lines;

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a tie anchor employed in the article shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged transverse sectional view taken on line 33, FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a rear elevational view showing the tie anchor of FIG. 2 attached to a necktie, with the tie anchor bent upon itself to provide two flexible arms capable of relative movement in generally pivotal fashion;

FIG. 4A is a view similar to FIG. 4 but showing the tie anchor in a different operative position;

FIG. 5 is a sectional View taken on line 55, FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the tie anchor of FIGS. 24 in modified form;

FIGS. 7 and 8 are plan elevational view of two arm portions employed to produce a tie anchor in accordance with another embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 9 is a plan elevational view of the arm portions of FIGS. 7 and 8 in assembled relation;

FIG. 10 is a sectional view, similar to FIG. 5, showing the tie [anchor of FIG. 9 attached to a necktie;

FIG. 11 is a plan elevational view of a tie anchor in accordance with another embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 12 is a rear elevational view of the tie anchor of FIG. 11 in a form ready for attachment to a necktie;

FIG. 13 is a section-a1 view, similar to FIG. 5, showing the tie anchor of FIGS. 11 and 12 attached to a necktie;

FIG. 14 is a plan elevational view of a tie anchor similar to that of FIG. 2 but with modified means for attachment to the necktie;

FIG. 15 is a rear elevational view of a tie anchor in accordance with still another embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 16 is a transverse sectional view, similar to FIG. 5, illustrating the embodiment of FIG. 15 attached to a necktie; and

FIG. 17 is a perspective view of a tie anchor in accordance with another embodiment of the invention.

Turning now to the drawings in detail, FIGS. 15 illustrate a tie anchor 1, FIG. 2, attached as a permanent part of the tailless necktie 2. The necktie 2, which can be made in accordance with my US. Patent 2,804,627, issued Sept. 3, 1957, or in other conventional fashions, comprises a pre-tied knot structure 3 and a single tie body portion 4 depending from the knot. The knot is provided with suitable means (not shown) for attaching the tie to the wearer's collar, so that the tie body depends in the usual manner before the buttoned central portion of the wearers shirt.

As seen in FIG. 5, the tie body 4 is made from a single piece of fabric and is generally tubular, one edge portion being inturned at 5 and secured to the other edge portion 6 by stitches 7. The tie body includes the usual fabric lining 8, and the lining is also secured by the stitches 7.

The tie anchor 1 is in the form of a single integral body of relatively thin, flexible sheet material and includes a fiat circular portion 9 at one end, a relatively narrow elongated body 10, and a flat, enlarged portion 11 at the remaining end. Considering that the device has a longitudinal axis established by the elongated nature of body 10, the end 11 can be described as having a notch 12 which opens longitudinally, or endwise, away from end portion 9. Notch 12 is defined by two outwardly divergent straight edges 13 and an aperture 14 which is in the form of a circle interrupted by the edges 13.

The manner of attachment of the tie anchor 1 to the tie body is shown in FIG. 5. The enlarged circular end portion 0 is disposed adjacent the rear face of lining 8 near the edge 15 of the tie body, this being the right hand edge of the tie as viewed from the front. Portion 9 is secured to lining 8 by a staple 16 which straddles the center of the circular portion 9. In this embodiment, staple 16 extends only through tie anchor portion 9 and lining 8. The elongated body portion 10 of the tie anchor extends transversely of the tie body 4, passing between edge portions 5 and 6 and between adjacent ones of the stitches 7. At a point intermediate its ends, body portion 10 is bent upon itself, as best seen in FIG. 5, in such fashion that the aperture 14 is at least generally behind the centerline of the tie body. Accordingly, as worn, the tie anchor has two arm portions 10a and 10b,

' FIG. 5, which are connected by the bend 10c.

As shown in FIG. 1, the notched end portion 11 of the tie anchor is inserted between the overlapping edges 17 of the wearers shirt, with the aperture 14 engaged about the threads 18, FIG. 4, which secure one of the buttons 19 to the shirt. Thus, the end portion 9 of the tie anchor is permanently attached to the tie body, and the other end 11 of the tie anchor is detectably secured to the wearers shirt front.

Since end portion 9 of the tie anchor is secured to the lining 8 at a point which is not only between the centerline of the tie and edge 4a of the tie body but also closer to edge 4a than to the centreline, only a relatively small portion of the length of body extends exterior to the tie body. Accordingly, arms 10a and 10b are relatively short and, despite the flexibility of the tie anchor, the tie body can move only a short distance away from the shirt front. Bend 10c constitutes a generally pivotal connection between arms 10a and 10b, allowing the arms to move in generally pivotal fashion about an axis normal to the plane of the tie body and extending through the area of the bend. A limited amount of pivotal movement is also allowed about the axis established by staple 16, since the material of lining 8 is flexible and allows a slight turning of the staple. It will thus be understood that, when there is relative vertical movement between the tie body and the shirt front, the tie anchor can be distorted so that arms 10a and 10b extend at an angle relative to each other, the vertex of the angle being at the axis of generally pivotal movement established by bend 10c, and the tie anchor can also be displaced angularly, about staple 16, in the direction dictated by the strain applied between arms 10a and 10b. FIG. 4A illustrates typical pivotal displacement of the tie anchor resulting from movement of the tie body upwardly relative to the shirt front.

When arm 10b lies directly behind arm 10a, there being no pivotal displacement between the two arms, circular portion 14 of the notch is approximately centered behind the center line of the tie body 4.

In manufacture of the tie, the body 4 is made in the usual manner, so that stitches 7 are continuous. The stitches are then cut over a length adequate to allow insertion of end portion 9 of the anchor and also insertion of the stapler head for applying staple 16. The cut stitches are not replaced, and there is accordingly adequate free room for slight pivoting of the tie anchor about the staple.

Anchor 1 is advantageously made from a thin sheet of synthetic resin material characterized by both high strength and resilient flexibility. The mixed cellulose ester compositions are particularly suitable and especially good results are obtained by using a cellulose acetate-butyrate material having an :acetyl-to-butyryl ratio on the order of 1:25 and a degree of polymerization of 250-350. Advantageously, the cellulose acetate-butyrate sheet material 20, FIG. 3, is laminated with two thin films 21 of a highly oriented polyester material, typically a condensation product of terephthalic acid and a glycol such as ethylene glycol, the cellulose acetate-butyrate sheet constituting the core of the laminate and the two films 21 bearing a continuous decorative metallic coating on their outer surfaces. The metallic coatings are conventionally applied by vapor disposition under vacuum, as described in U.S. Patent 3,152,950, issued Oct. 13, 1964, to Palmquist et al. The laminated sheet 22, FIG. 3, can be quite thin, on the order of a few hundredths of an inch or less, good results having been obtained with sheet material having a thickness of 0.02".

Because of the resilient nature of such laminated sheet material, the tie anchor returns to its normal flat position, as in FIG. 2, when not in use, but does not detract from the appearance of the tie since the decorative metallic coatings on the surfaces of the anchor lend it an attractive, non-mechanical appearance. Since the tail portion of the tie has been eliminated, providing a substantial saving in cost of the material, more expensive and attractive fabrics can be used without increasing the cost above the price range normally encountered in the trade.

FIG. 6 shows the tie anchor 1 in modified form, with a conventional metal eyelet 23 extending through arm portions 10a and 1012 at a point adjacent the bend 100. In this embodiment, the eyelet establishes the axis for relative pivotal movement between arms 10a and 10c. The eyelet holds ar-ms 10a and 10b in face-to-face contact, so that arm 10b lies against arm 10a. When the tie is worn, however, the flexibility of the sheet material from which the anchor is made allows a limited separation of the notched end of the anchor rearwardly, as illustrated in FIG. 6.

FIGS. 7-10 illustrate another embodiment, in which the tie anchor 25 comprises a first arm 26, FIG. 7, and a second arm 27, FIG. 8, both formed from the laminated sheet material described with reference to FIG. 3. Arm 26 includes a circular end portion 28, a straight relatively narrow body portion 29, and another circular end portion 30. End portion 28 is in the nature of a solid disc. End portion 30 has a crescent-shaped opening 31, the arcuate edge 32 of which is concentric with a small circular opening 33. Body portion 29 extends with its longitudinal axis coincident with a diameter of portion 28 and with a diameter of portion 30, so that the centers of the circular edges of the two end portions lie on the axis of the body portion. Arm 27 includes a circular end portion 34 having a centered circular opening 35. The body portion 36 projects radially from end portion 34 and is enlarged to provide the notched end portion 37. Portion 37 has a notch 38 in all respects identical with notch 12, FIG. 2.

As seen in FIGS. 9 and 10, end portion 34 overlies one surface of that part of portion 30 which is between arcuate edge 32 and the opposing arcuate segment of the outer edge of portion 30, openings 33 and 35 being aligned with each other. An eyelet 39 extends through openings 33 and 35 and secures portion 30 of arm 26 to portion 34 of arm 27, with freedom of relative movement between the arms pivotally about the axis established by eyelet 39. Body portion 36 of arm 27 extends through opening 31, so that the notched end 37 lies on the side of arm 26 opposite from the side with which end portion 34 is engaged. As seen in FIG. 10, it can be considered that end portion 34 of arm 27 lies in front of arm 26, while the notched end portion 37 is behind arm 26.

Tie anchor 25 is secured to necktie body portion 4 in the same general manner hereinbefore described with reference to FIG. 5. Arm 26 extends between end portions 5 and 6, FIG. 10, and is secured to lining 8 by staple 16 located at the center of end portion 28. A portion of stitches 7 is removed to accommodate body portion 29 of arm 26. End portion 30 of arm 26, and all of arm 27, are located outside of and behind the tubular tie body. Operation of the tie anchor is essentially the same as described with reference to the embodiment of FIGS. 1-5, save that the manner in which arms 26 and 27 are interrelated tends to maintain notched end 37 quite close to the tie body, because of the resilient nature of the sheet material from which the arms are made, and eyelet 39 defines a precise, rather than approximate, pivotal axis.

The embodiment of FIGS. 11-23 employs the tie anchor 25 in modified form. Arms 26 and 27 are portions of an integral unit, as seen in FIG. 11, end portion 34a of arm 27 joining the edge of end portion 30 of arm 26 in an area diametrically opposed to body portion 29, so that the longitudinal axes of the two arms are coincident. Openings 33 and 35, and eyelet 39, of FIGS. 7-10 are eliminated. End portion 34a is bent upon itself, immediately adjacent end portion 30, and arm 27 extends in front of arm 26, and thence through opening 31 so that the notched end 37 is behind arm 26.

In this embodiment, end portion 28 of arm 26 is provided with a centrally located circular opening 40. In securing the tie anchor to the tie, as seen in FIG. 13, and additional piece of fabric 41 is provided behind lining 8, and arm 26 is so positioned that opening 40 is located between lining 8 and the fabric piece 41. The staple 16 is driven through piece 41 and lining 8, and extends through opening 40, the diameter of opening 40 being large enough to allow arm 26 to pivot about the staple so that there is essentially complete freedom of pivotal movement of arm 26 relative to the tie body. Operation of the tie anchor is otherwise generally as described with reference to FIGS. 1-10.

FIG. 14 illustrates a tie anchor in accordance with another embodiment of the invention. Here, end portion 42 of the main part 43 of the anchor has been reduced in size and is pivotally attached to the central portion of a straight elongated strip 44, as by means of an eyelet 45. Part 43 is elongated and straight, terminating at its remaining end in an enlarged end portion 46 provided with a notch 47 which is identical with notches 12 and 38. Strip 44 is secured to the tie in the manner hereinafter described with reference to FIG. 16. The elongated body portion is bent upon itself so that the notched end portion 46 lies behind the tie, the tie anchor operating in the same general fashion described with reference to FIGS. 1-5, save that the eyelet 45 defines a precise pivotal axis to serve the same purpose as does cooperation of opening 40 and staple 16 in the embodiment of FIG. 13.

In the embodiment of FIG. 15, a straight strip 48 is again used, one end of an arm 49 being pivoted thereto, intermediate the ends of the strip, by eyelet 50. To the remaining end of arm 49 there is attached, by eyelet 51, one end of a second arm 52. The remaining end of arm 52 is provided with a notch which opens endwise of the arm and is defined by outwardly diverging edges 53 and a small circular opening 54 the edge of which is interrupted by the adjacent ends of edges 53. This embodiment is like that of FIG. 14 save that the eyelet 51 establishes a precisely defined pivotal axis while, in FIG. 14, the pivotal axis between the two arm protions of part 43 is defined only by the bend in that member.

FIG. 16 shows the tie anchor of FIG. attached to necktie 2 and will also serve to illustrate the manner in which the tie anchor of FIG. 14 is applied to the tie. Strip 48 is disposed between edge portions 5 and 6 of the fabric of the tie body and is secured to edge portions 6, as by two staples (not shown) disposed one above and one below the connection between the strip and arm 49 by eyelet 50. Arm 49 emerges from between edge portions 5 and 6, so that most of arm 49 and all of arm 52 are disposed outside of and behind the tubular tie body 4. Operation is the same as described with reference to FIGS. 7-10, it being understood that circular portion 54 of the notch in the end of arm 52 is engaged about or straddles the threads securing one of the buttons to the wearers shirt.

In the embodiments of FIGS. 14 and 15, all parts of the tie anchor can be made from thin sheet metal or from thin synthetic resinous sheet material of the type described with reference to FIG. 3.

The embodiment of FIG. 17 comprises an alligator clip indicated generally at 55 and including two bars 56 and 57 pivoted intermediate their ends by a pivot shaft 58 engaged in openings in side ears 59. One end portion of bar 56 is provided with gripping teeth 60, the opposing portion of bar 57 presenting a plain surface. A torsion spring (not shown) surrounds shaft 58 and, in conventional fashion, has its end portions 60 engaged with the opposing faces of bar portions 56a and 57a so as to bias the bars pivotally in a sense urging teeth 60 toward bar 57.

One end of a flat arm 62 is pivotally connected to end portion 57a of bar 57 by a rivet 63. The appropriate flat face of arm 62 is held in sliding engagement with that surface of bar 57 which faces away from bar 56. Arm 62 is approximately the same length as clip 55 and terminates in an endwise opening notch defined by outwardly diverging edges 64 leading to a small circular portion 65 capable of embracing the threads securing a button to the wearers shirt. A straight elongated slot 66 opens into circular portion 65 and extends for a substantial portion of the length of the arm to increase the freedom of transverse movement of the tie anchor relative to the button-securing threads.

In use, the clip 55 is opened by forcing end portions 56a and 57a toward each other, and the toothed portion of bar 56 is inserted between edge portions 5 and 6, FIGS. 5, 10, 13 and 16, of the fabric of the tie body portion 4. The clip is then released, so that edge portion 5 is clamped between teeth 60 and bar 57. The clip can occupy any transverse position relative to the tie body. The free end of arm 62 is inserted between the edges 17 of the wearers shirt, and the circular portion 65 of the notch is engaged about the thread securing a button to the shirt. Operation is then generally as described with reference to FIGS. 7-10.

In considering FIGS. 5, 10, 13, and 16, it is to be recognized that these sectional views are expanded, the various fabric layers being shown as spaced apart, and stitches 7 and staple 16 being distorted, for clarity and simplicity of illustration.

What is claimed is:

1. In an article of neckwear, the combination of a necktie including tie knot means adapted to be worn at the front of the wearers collar, and a tie body portion depending from said knot means to occupy,- when worn, a position overlying the wearers shirt front, and

a tie anchor operative to retain said tie body portion adjacent the shirt front while allowing said tie body portion to move upwardly and downwardly relative to the shirt front in accordance with movement of the wearers body, said anchor comprising first and second arms located behind said tie body portion and both extending generally transversely thereof, one end of said first arm being attached to said tie body portion, said first arm being of a signicant length such that, when said first arm extends at right angles to the longitudinal center line of said tie body portion, the other end of said first arm is spaced across the tie body portion a substantial distance from said one end. one end of said second arm being connected to said other end of said first arm, the connection between said arms allowing said arms to move relative to each other in at least generally pivotal fashion about an axis generally normal to the plane of said tie body portion and extending through the area of said connection, whereby said second arm can occupy a position generally parallel to said first arm, and said arms can also assume relative positions in which said second arm extends at an angle to said first arm with the vertex of said angle being located at said axis and with the plane of said angle transverse to said axis, said second arm being of such length that, when said arms are parallel to each other and extend transversely of said tie body portion, the other end of said second arm is located substantially at the center line of said tie body portion, and means at said other end of said second arm for releasably attaching the same to the wearers shirt front.

2. An article of neckwear according to claim 1, wherem said other end of said second arm includes spaced portions adapted to straddle the thread which secures a button to the wearers shirt.

3. An article of neckwear according to claim 1, wheresaid tie body portion comprises a tubular fabric body enclosing a lining and said one end of said first arm extends within said tubular body and is attached to said lining.

4. An article of neckwear according to claim 1, wheresaid arms are both portions of an integral elongated flat flexible strip bent upon itself with the bend forming the connection between said arms.

5. An article of neckwear according to claim 4, wheresaid one end of said first arm and said other end of said second arm are both enlarged in the plane of said fiat strip, the remainder of said strip being relatively narrow. 6. An article of neckwear according to claim 4, wheresaid anchor further comprises fastener means extending through both of said arms immediately adjacent said bend and effective to retain the connected end portions of said arms close to each other. 7. An article of neckwear according to claim 3, wheresaid first arm is substantially longer than said second arm and said one end of said first arm is spaced from the center line of said tie body portion on the opposite side thereof from said connection. 8. An article of neckwear according to claim 3, wheresaid one end of said first arm is provided with an aperture normal to the plane of said tie body portion, and said one end of said first arm is attached to said linling by a fastener extending through said aperture, whereby said first arm can be pivoted relative to said tie body portion about the axis established by said fastener. 9. An article of neckwear according to claim 1, wheresaid anchor further comprises an additional member attached to said tie body portion, said one end of said first arm being pivotally connected to said additional member. 10. An article of neckwear according to claim 1, wheresaid necktie is tailless. 11. An article of neckwear according to claim 1, wheresaid first and second arms are separate members, said other end of said first arm and said one end of said second arm overlapping each other, and said anchor further comprises a fastener extending o 0 through said overlapped ends to retain the same together and define said axis. 12. An article of neckwear according to claim 1, wheresaid first arm includes an opening which is adjacent said axis and between said axis and said one end of said first arm, said one end of said second arm is located between said first arm and said tie body portion, and said second arm extends through said opening in said first arm, said opening being of such size and configuration as to allow said arms to pivot relative to each other. 13. An article of neckwear according to claim 12, wherein said opening is generally arcuate and generally centered on said axis. 14. An article of neckwear according to claim 1, wheresaid arms are of thin, resiliently flexible, synthetic resin sheet material. 15. An article of neckwear according to claim 14, wherein said sheet material is a laminate comprising a core lamina of cellulose acetate-butyrate polymer and surface laminae each of a highly oriented polyester film bearing a continuous decorative metallic film. 16. An article of neckwear according to claim 1, wheresaid first arm is constituted by a pivoted jaw clip,

and said second arm is pivoted to said clip to swing in a plane parallel to the pivotal axis of the jaws thereof.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,652,568 9/1953 Bagier 2--145 3,116,525 1/1964 Kob-y 2145 X 3,204,306 9/ 1965 Anderson 24-52 1,573,885 2/1926 Weisbaum 2-145 PATRICK D. LAWSON, Primary Examiner. 

1. IN AN ARTICLE OF NECKWEAR, THE COMBINATION OF A NECKTIE INCLUDING TIE KNOT MEANS ADAPTED TO BE WORN AT THE FRONT OF THE WEARER''S COLLAR, AND A TIE BODY PORTION DEPENDING FROM SAID KNOT MEANS TO OCCUPY, WHEN WORN, A POSITION OVERLYING THE WEARER''S SHIRT FRONT, AND A TIE ANCHOR OPERATIVE TO RETAIN SAID TIE BODY PORTION ADJACENT THE SHIRT FRONT WHILE ALLOWING SAID TIE BODY PORTION TO MOVE UPWARDLY AND DOWNWARDLY RELATIVE TO THE SHIRT FRONT IN ACCORDANCE WITH MOVEMENT OF THE WEARER''S BODY, SAID ANCHOR COMPRISING FIRST AND SECOND ARMS LOCATED BEHIND SAID TIE BODY PORTION AND BOTH EXTENDING GENERALLY TRANSVERSELY THEREOF, ONE END OF SAID FIRST ARM BEING ATTACHED TO SAID TIE BODY PORTION, SAID FIRST ARM BEING OF A SIGNICANT LENGTH SUCH THAT, WHEN SAID FIRST ARM EXTENDS AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE LONGITUDINAL CENTER LINE OF SAID TIE BODY PORTION, THE OTHER END OF SAID FIRST ARM IS SPACED ACROSS THE TIE BODY PORTION A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE FROM SAID ONE END, ONE END OF SAID SECOND ARM BEING CONNECTED TO SAID OTHER END OF SAID FIRST ARM, THE CONNECTION BETWEEN SAID ARMS ALLOWING SAID ARMS TO MOVE RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER IN AT LEAST GENERALLY PIVOTAL FASHION ABOUT AN AXIS GENERALLY NORMAL TO THE PLANE OF SAID TIE BODY PORTION AND EXTENDING THROUGH THE AREA OF SAID CONNECTION, WHEREBY SAID SECOND ARM CAN OCCUPY A POSITION GENERALLY PARALLEL TO SAID FIRST ARM, AND SAID ARMS CAN ALSO ASSUME RELATIVE POSITIONS IN WHICH SAID SECOND ARM EXTENDS AT AN ANGLE TO SAID FIRST AM WITH THE VERTEX OF SAID ANGLE AND BEING LOCATED AT SAID AXIS AND WITH THE PLANE OF SAID ANGLE TRANSVERSE TO SAID AXIS, SAID SECOND ARM BEING OF SUCH LENGTH THAT, WHEN SAID ARMS ARE PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER AND EXTEND TRANSVERSELY OF SAID TIE BODY PORTION, THE OTHER END OF SAID SECOND ARM IS LOCATED SUBSTANTIALLY AT THE CENTER LINE OF SAID TIE BODY PORTION, AND MEANS AT SAID OTHER END OF SAID SECOND ARM FOR RELEASABLY ATTACHING THE SAME TO THE WEARER''S SHIRT FRONT. 